Featured artwork by Julian Totino Tedesco.
Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com.
In case you missed it, Valiant are outsourcing their comics to single-market newcomer Alien Books.
– James Gunn confirmed David Corenswet (Hollywood, The Politician) and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) will play Clark Kent and Lois Lane in Superman: Legacy. The two reportedly beat Nicholas Hoult and Tom Brittney, and Phoebe Dynevor and Emma Mackey to the lead roles in the upcoming film reboot, which will take place during Clark’s early years at the Daily Planet. Corenswet, 29, is the first actor of Jewish descent to play Superman in live-action, and is 6 foot 4, the same height as Christopher Reeve was. He and Brosnahan succeed outgoing DCEU actors Henry Cavill and Amy Adams. Written and directed by Gunn, Superman: Legacy will begin filming in January for a July 11, 2025 release date.
– Meanwhile, Warner Bros. announced a three-part documentary about the history of DC Comics, Superpowered: The DC Story, will premiere on Max on July 20. The series, narrated by Rosario Dawson, was directed by Leslie Iwerks and Mark Catalena (Disney’s The Imagineering Story), and features interviews with Melissa Benoist, Greg Berlanti, Tim Burton, Lynda Carter, Henry Cavill, Kaley Cuoco, Gal Gadot, James Gunn, Patty Jenkins, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jim Lee, Damon Lindelof, Jason Momoa, Christopher Nolan, Robert Pattinson, Christopher Reeve, John Ridley, Margot Robbie, Bruce Timm, Mark Waid, and more. You can watch the trailer here.
– Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt shed more light on their plans to revive “The Sixth Gun,” which Oni Press are now crowdfunding an omnibus edition of on Kickstarter. According to the supernatural western’s creators, the comic will return in 2025, but the omnibuses will feature “three, all-new prelude stories that will unlock as the campaign reaches new milestones.” Additionally, each prelude will feature “chapters of a brand-new ‘Sixth Gun’ prose story,” in the spirit of western dime novels. Head to the link for more from the pair, and check out (the already funded) Kickstarter here.
– Marvel launched a new arc of the Infinity Comics series “Avengers Unlimited,” titled ‘Civil Score.’ Written by Jeremy Adams with art by Patch Zircher, and coloring by Java Tartaglia, the three-parter sees Steve Rogers/Captain America and Tony Stark/Iron Man both infiltrate a casino to recover a computer drive stolen by the Serpent Society. Part one, in “Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comics” #52, is available now on Marvel Unlimited, with the next two parts releasing every Tuesday.
– New Girl‘s Max Greenfield will star as Barry Allen in a new scripted podcast, The Flash: Escape the Midnight Circus. The six-part audio drama will see Barry and Captain Cold get sucked into another dimension, where he’s forced to participate in the Midnight Circus, a televised tournament involving “life-or-death games of chance,” without his powers. Provided Barry wins, he’ll regain his powers and return to his own timeline, “but to do so, he’ll have to rely solely on his wits. And if that wasn’t hard enough, he soon finds himself facing his toughest opponent yet: Iris West.” It will launch on Apple Podcasts on Monday, July 10, and you can listen to the trailer here.
– Hulu released a trailer for the new season of Futurama, giving us a first look at the show’s 31st century takes on the COVID-19 pandemic, the cryptocurrency bubble, and virtual assistants. The eighth (or 11th, depending on your point of view) season will premiere on July 24, and run for 10 episodes before taking a break, with the second half of the season presumably releasing next year.
– Via two obituaries, written respectively by Mike Friedrich and David Wheeler, ICv2 shares comics retailing pioneer Melchior “Mel” Thompson died from a brain infection on Sunday, June 25. Thompson’s company helped create the single-issue market in the 1980s, developing the software program Comtrac for subscription and inventory management, while providing retailers with demographic data to help them decide where to establish their stores. He is survived by his wife Nell Lee Stinson, and three children.
– Finally, forensics have verified that the body of actor Julian Sands was found on Mount Baldy, California last weekend. Sands, who was 65, had been missing since going on a hiking trip on January 13. Best known for starring in A Room with a View, Sands was a prolific film and TV actor, who appeared in The Killing Fields, Gothic, Warlock, Arachnophobia, and more. He portrayed Jor-El on Smallville, and Dr. Gerald Crane on Gotham, as well as main villain Valmont on the first two seasons of Jackie Chan Adventures, and Vladimir Bierko on 24 season five. He is survived by his wife Evgenia Citkowitz, four brothers, and three children.
